General Douglas MacArthur wades ashore on Leyte in 1944, two years after Japan had defeated American and Philippine forces. (photo: National Archives) During the 1920s and 1930s, prominent ...

(photo: Yoichi Yokamoto/National Archives) In the early 1970s ... sent advisors to train the Philippine army, as well as millions of dollars in military aid and weapons. Corazon "Cory" Aquino ...